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NATURE enthusiasts are celebrating after a rare moth was spotted in Essex for the first time in 50 years.

The forester moth is listed in The Essex Field Club species account as “very scarce” and was first recorded in Essex in 1895.

With 13 total records, the latest record was in 1974.

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